254 TINEIDS. 
we will find in them a small, soft and silky case, almost filled 
with castings, which no doubt was the hibernating quarters 
of the worm. The caterpillars mature early in June, and 
transform into small reddish-brown pupe, either inside the 
cavity of the crown of the plant or outside among decayed 
leaves or other rubbish. 
The moth appears early in July; it is quite small, of a 
dark gray color, with a few blackish-brown spots or streaks 
on the fore-wings; the fringes on all wings are gray, tinged 
with yellow.. Towards the end of July 
or early in August this moth deposits 
on the crown of the plant an egg which 
soon hatches. The small worm burrows 
at once into the heart of the plant, and 
after making a snug silken home it re- 
Ser = treats into it for the winter. Both 
g worm and adult are shown in Fig. 229. 
BAe rent ees Many remedies have been proposed, 
stella Zell, After but the only certain one is to dig up the 
infested plants and to burn them. If 
they infest trees these should be clipped as soon as the 
insects are discovered and the parts removed should also be 
burned. 
It seems more than doubtful that the same insect should 
possess such different habits as eating into twigs of trees 
and boring into the crowns of strawberries, and closer 
investigation is needed to decide this question. Perhaps 
two species of insects resembling each other very closely 
cause these damages. 
WILD CHERRY LEAF-MINER. 
(Ornix geminatella Pack.). 
The larva of this moth makes also a tentiform mine on 
the under surface of the appleleaves, eating the parenchyma, 
